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Paul Martin 07788 185048 BERE REGIS WILDLIFE AND

Electrics 01929 289323 ENVIRONMENT GROUP
paulmartinelectrics@outlook.com
At the time of writing we have fine, warm and sunny
Local BH20 electrician, with over forty years’ weather. Please do your bit for our wildlife by topping
experience offering:- up your bird bath or if you haven’t got one put out a
Small load - £75 Large load - £160 saucer of water for birds and hedgehogs.
 Consumer Unit (fuse
board) Replacement There are some glorious displays of wildflowers around
the village. The permanent meadow area at May’s
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Service Wood (between the school and Shitterton) are a purple haze of knapweed,
interspersed with the yellow Lady’s Bedstraw (yes, it really was used to stuff
 Additions and mattresses!), the last of the Ox Eye Daisy’s and a variety of grasses. The annual
Alterations to Existing meadow areas at May’s Wood (behind Shitterton and above the school) have a
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fine show of the white daisy-like Scentless Mayweed, blue Cornflower and yellow
 Portable Appliance Corn Marigold. As well as providing a fine show for us, the flowers are a rich
Testing nectar source for insects and the areas are alive with a variety of insects as we
discovered during the recent Bioblitz (see below). Of course, in turn, all these
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Bioblitz
The Group ran a Bioblitz on Saturday 6th July. Along with a number of experts we
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spent the afternoon searching for as many plants, flowers, insects, butterflies,
Could the ALEXANDER CENTRE grubs, bugs etc as we could find on Souls’ Moor, in May’s Wood and the stream.
TEL: 01929 472205 It was a great opportunity to find out more about the health and wealth of our
TECHNIQUE help you? MOTs local habitats and wildlife. We were not disappointed! We’ll provide more details
(No Re-Test Fee within 10 working days) in coming Parish Magazines, but for butterflies alone we identified 14 different
Learning the technique will enable you to SERVICING species. A fantastic tally on a single day.
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realise that the way you stand & move can In the stream we found Bullhead fish (also known as Miller’s Thumb). This is a small
BRAKES * EXHAUSTS mottled brown fish with a large head, relatively large fins and a tapering body. It
be the cause of pain & tension
lives on the bottom of fast, stony rivers and streams feeding on invertebrates, such
COMPUTERISED DIAGNOSTICS as mayfly and caddisfly larvae, and the eggs of other fish. We also found the
The BMJ gave LATEST EQUIPMENT FOR larvae of a number of flys, including the caddis fly. The caddisfly is rather moth
MOST MAKES AND MODELS like in appearance with lacy wings and are to be found flying in swarms over the
AT positive
water. Before the caddisfly emerges they have a larval stage. The larvae live
results in their OVER 30 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE underwater, where they make cases by spinning together stones, sand, leaves
Back Pain trial IN THE MOTOR TRADE and twigs with a silk they secrete from glands around the mouth. The larvae live in
these tunnel like shelters, less than an inch long. The larvae and their shelters are
01929 298 323 Proprietor: Bill Greer often to be found under stones in the stream. We were really pleased to find
Unit 1 Townsend Business Park these present in Bere Stream as it indicates that the stream is relatively clean and
0770 441 9200 Bere Regis, BH20 7LA able to support a wider ecosystem.
(At rear of Shell Petrol Station)
Jeannette Martin MSTAT

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